New Samrat Welfare Society v. Muncipil Corporaton of Greater Mumbai
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court writ petition disposed; right to drinking water / potable water under Article 21; water connection and pipeline provided by intervenor; Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (BMC); New Samrat Welfare Society v. MCGM; Prabhavati Shitalaprasad Yadav; no equitable right created; not admission of tenancy; tenancy determination sub judice before Civil Court; Interim Application (L) No. 17368 of 2023 disposed as not surviving; coram Gadkari and Khata, JJ.; dated 26 March 2025.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed off after the Intervenor provided a pipeline supplying drinking water to the Petitioners' residence as per Corporation timing, with clarifications that the water connection creates no equitable right in favour of the Intervenor and is not an admission of the Petitioners as her tenants; Interim Application (L) No. 17368 of 2023 also disposed off as not surviving.